Launching the Trans News Initiative

<p>The <a href="https://transnewsinitiative.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Trans News Initiative</a> is a new project that tracks and analyzes news coverage of trans communities in the U.S. Our very own Alberto Cairo helped create it, and this week we&#39;re joined by three other guests who made it happen: Kae Petrin, Caitlyn Ralph, and Jan Diehm.</p><p><br></p><p>Check it out at <a href="https://transnewsinitiative.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠TransNewsInitiative.org⁠</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://caitlynmralph.github.io/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Caitlyn Ralph</a> is the studio director and partner at <a href="https://polygraph.cool/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Polygraph</a>, <a href="https://pudding.cool/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Pudding</a>&#39;s in-house agency. <a href="https://pudding.cool/author/jan-diehm/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Jan Diehm</a> is a journalist-engineer at The Pudding. <a href="https://petrinkae.github.io/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Kae Petrin</a> is a data and graphics reporter for <a href="https://dataviz.chalkbeat.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Civic News Company</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>The⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠music this episode⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ was made with⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠<a href="https://datavized.github.io/twotone/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">TwoTone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>, based on data from the Trans News Initiative. The Data Journalism Podcast is produced by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.</p><p><br></p><p>Do you have a new data-driven story or project coming up? Tell us about it at <a href="mailto:datajournalismpodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">datajournalismpodcast@gmail.com</a>, and we might feature it on the show. Subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode!</p>